1931 in music

Events

• Roy Rogers' musical career begins

Top Hits: Published Music

• "Mood Indigo" by Duke Ellington & Barney Bigard
• "Come to Me" by B.G. DeSylva
• "I Apologize" by Al Hoffman[?]
• "Out of Nowhere" by E. Heyman
• "Delicious" by Ira Gershwin
• "All of Me" by Seymour Simons[?]
• "Heartaches" by John Klenner[?]
• "Ooh That Kiss" by Mort Dixon[?]

Top Hits: Recordings

• "Star Dust" by Bing Crosby
• "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" by Kate Smith[?]
• "Dream A Little Dream Of Me" by Wayne King, The Waltz King
• "Life Is Just A Bowl Of Cherries" by Rudy Vallee
• "Out Of Nowhere" by Bing Crosby
• "Mood Indigo" by Duke Ellington & His Jungle Band
• "Goodnight, Sweetheart" by Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians
• "I Found A Million Dollar Baby (In a 5 and 10 Cent Store)" by The Boswell Sisters
• "The Peanut Vendor (El Manicero)" by Don Azpiazu[?]
• "When Yuba Plays the Rumba On the Tuba" by Rudy Vallee & His Connecticut Yankees
• "You Call It Madness (But I Call It Love)" by Russ Columbo[?]
• "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" by Gene Austin[?]
• "Just One More Chance" by Bing Crosby
• "Lady, Play Your Mandolin" by Nick Lucas[?]
• "As Time Goes By" by Rudy Vallee

Births

• January 8 - Bill Graham[?], rock music entrepreneut (+ 1991)
• January 22 - Sam Cooke
• January 27 - Rudi Maugeri[?], The Crew Cuts[?]
• February 14 - Phyllis McGuire[?], The McGuire Sisters[?]
• March 14 - Phil Phillips[?]
• April 29 - Lonnie Donegan
• May 4 - Ed Cassidy[?], Spirit[?]
• May 7 - Teresa Brewer[?]
• July 6 - Della Reese[?]
• July 11 - Tab Hunter[?]
• July 18 - Papa Dee Allen[?], War
• July 31 - Morey Carr[?], The Playmates[?]
• August 1 - Ramblin' Jack Ellott[?]
• August 28 - John Perkins[?], The Crewcuts[?]
• September 19 - Brook Benton[?]
• September 22 - George Chambers[?], The Chambers Brothers[?]
• November 5 - Ike Turner
• December 30 - Skeeter Davis[?]

Deaths

• February 11 - Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph
• July 4 - Buddy Petit[?]
• August 6 - Bix Beiderbecke